Beer cooling and drawing system



Patented May 28, 1940 UNH'EQ S'E'ATES BEER COOLING AND paAwiNo SYSTEM John Panagopoulos, Youngstown, Ohio, assigner to Novadel-Agene Corporation, a corporation of Delaware Application `luly 16, 1937, Serial No. 153,903

Claims. The present invention relates to the art of beer cooling and dispensing and involves a special application of the invention broadly disclosed and claimed in Patent No. 2,051,013, issued August 11, 1936, to Herman E. Sohulse.

Among the objects of the invention are to provide an installation of the above type in which the brew from the keg is dispensed at a remote spigot either on` the floor above that of the keg or on the same floor, but at a bar remote from the keg, the brew being cooled and maintained cool not onlywithin the keg but also through its course of ow to the remote faucet. 1

Another object is to provide an installation of the above type adaptable both to small and to large beer dispensing establishments, permitting of great flexibility in the positioning of the kegs being cooled and on tap, for supplying more than one bar either from kegs on the tavern iioor or in the basement or distributed, if desired, some on the tavern oor and others in the basement. y

vThe device shown in thisy application is an improvement over a portion of the device shown in my co-pending application led March 25, 1937, Serial Number 132,977, upon which Patent No. 2,194,319 was granted March 19, 1940.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of conn struction hereinafterl described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed, can be made within the scope vof what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invention. f

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, wherein- Figure 1 is a side elevation of the device partly in cross section.

Figure 2 is an enlarged detail View of the terminal chamber member with only one beer outlet shown.

By referring to the drawing it will be seen that there is provided a bar l. A cooling tank 2 is positioned within the bar I and houses a refrigerating coil C and has a vertical cooling chamber 3 positioned below it. This vertical cooling chamber 3 comprises an upper and a lower tube 4 having a smaller tube 5 positioned within it, the space between the tubes fl and 5 being closed at the top by a closure t. The tube 4 has a closure 'l at the bottom. The upper tube 4 and the lower tube t are connected by a deze ible tube 9 held in position by clamps l il. A pipe 8 is tapped into the side of the upper tube il and is formed so that its upper end is' positioned near the top of the cooling tank 2 and is provided with K plers i8 is shown in detail in cross section.

(Cl. 22E-1) a plurality of openingsll. tube 5 extends below the closure 'l and has attachcd thereto a terminal chamber member l2. The terminal chamber member is provided with a detachable bottom portion I3.

By referring to Figure 2 it will be seen that this detachable bottom portion I3 is held in position by means of bolts lil and is provided with a gasket l5 in order to eiciently seal the bottom portion i3 to the terminal chamber member t2. It will be seen that the extreme upper portion i6 is provided with internal threads `l'l in order that the terminal chamber member may be easily attached and removed from the lower end of the tube 5.

By referring to the drawing it will be seen vthat couplers I8 `are provided on the terminal chamber member. These couplers I8 are provided in order to join iieXible beer outlet tubes i8, one of which is shown, to the lower sections of beer outlet tubes 2li which extend upwardly through the tube 5 and through the cooling tank 2 and lead to outlet spigots 2l. By referring to Figure 2 it will be seen that one of these cou- It will be seen that there is also provided a second bar 22 having located therein a cooling tank 23 with a refrigerating coil C therein. Adjacent to this cooling tank 23 there is provided a manifold including a circulating member 24 comprising an outer tube 25 and a smaller inner tube 25. One end of the smaller tube 26 extends into the cooling tank 23 and has a plurality of openings 2'! therein. The outer tube 25 is provided with a plurality of taps 28 leading into a chamber 29 formed between the interior of the tube 25 vand the exteriorof the tube 2S. The inner tube has a plurality of branch pipes connected thereto with terminals 33 exposed at the outside of tube 2,5. A barrel 3l with coolingconduit therein, only the terminals 3Q and 32 of which are shown, is connected through said terminals respectively with one of the taps 28 and 33 -by means of tubes 3b and t2 respectively. Other kegs may similarly be connected tothe manifold across other pairs of terminals designated by numerals'ii and 33. It will be seen that there is a beer outlet tube 34 from the barrel 3l ywhich connects to one of the taps 35 located on the tube 25. These taps are joined to beer outlet tubes 36 carried within the chamber 29 and extending through tthe cooling tank 23 to outlet spigots 3l.

It will be seen that adjacent and attached to the tube 5 at a point 38 there is a manifold 39 comprising an outer tube llt and a smaller tube lil, thereby providing a chamber 42 for the purpose of carrying a circulating cooling'agent. It will be seen that the outer tube 40 is provided with a plurality of taps 43 leading to the chamber 42. One of these taps i3 is attached to a A lower end of the tube M leading to a barrel cooling system positioned within a barrel 45. A tube A6 leads from the cooling system of the barrel 45 and connects to one of a plurality of taps 41 which lead to the interior of the inner tube 4i.

It will be seen that there is provided a tube d8, one end of which is attached and leads into the cooling tank 23 at a point 49. The other end of the tube 48 is attached to the outer end 5G of the inner tube 4l. The inner end of the tube 4l leads to the interior chamber of the tube 5. There is also provided a tube El, one end of which is attached and leads into the outer tube 25 at a point 52, while the other end is attached and leads into the lower tube Il at a point 53. It will also be seen that the tube 5l and the outer tube 40 are connected at points 54 and 55 by means of a tube 56. Positioned on this tube 55 is a circulating pump 5'! for the purpose of circulating the cooling agent throughout the device.

What I claim is:

1. In a device of the class described, a cooling tank positioned underneath a bar, an upper and lower outer tube extending downwardly from the bottom of said tank, a tube joining said upper and lower tubes, an inner tube positioned within said tubes and extending beyond the lower end thereof thereby forming a chamber between the tubes, closures formed at the upper and lower ends of said chamber, a tube leading from said chamber into said cooling tank, a terminal chamber member attached at the lower end of said inner tube, a bottom member formed on said terminal chamber member, a plurality of beer outlet pipes extending upwardly through said terminal chamber and the inner tube and through said cooling tank to outlet spigots, taps attached to lower ends of said beer outlet pipes for the purpose of attaching beer outlet tubes leading to barrels, a manifold attached to a side of said inner tube comprising an outer and inner tube spaced apart thereby forming a chamber closed at both ends, said inner tubes communicating with each other, a plurality of taps on said outer tube leading to said chamber in the said manifold and a plurality of taps leading to said inner tube of said manifold for providing means for attachment to the inner circulating systems of barrels, a pump and connecting tubes leading to the said chambers, a second cooling tank, said inner tube of the manifold having circulating communication therewith, a second manifold, one of said connecting tubes having circulating communication with the latter for the purpose of circulating a cooling agent.

2. In a device of the class described, a cooling tank positioned underneath a bar, an upper and lower outer tube extending downwardly from the bottom of said tank, a exible tube joining said upper and lower tubes, an inner tube positioned within said tubes and extending beyond the lower end thereof thereby forming a chamber between the tubes, closures formed at the upper and lower ends of said chamber, a tube leading from said chamber into said cooling tank and having a plurality of openings therein, a detachable terminal chamber member attached at 'the lower end of said inner tube, a detachable bottom member formed on said chamber member, a plurality of beer outlet pipes extending upwardly through said terminal chamber and the inner tube and through said cooling tank to outlet spigots, taps attached to lower ends of said beer outlet pipes for the purpose of attaching beer outlet tubes leading to barrels, a manifold attached to a side of said inner tube comprising an outer and inner tube spaced apart thereby forming a chamber closed at both ends, said inner tubes communicating with each other, a plurality of taps on said outer tube leading to said chamber in the said manifold and a plurality of taps leading to said inner tube of said manifold for providing means for attachment to the inner circulating systems of barrels, a pump and connecting tubes leading to the said chambers, a second cooling tank, said inner tube of the manifold having circulating communication therewith, a second manifold, one of said connecting tubes having circulating communication with the latter for the purpose of circulating a cooling agent.

3. In a brew cooling and dispensing installation, a cooling tank having cooling liquid therein, a manifold exteriorly of and connected to said tank and comprising an outer tube attached to the tank and an inner tube delivering into the tank and a plurality of pairs of taps exposed at the exterior of the manifold, each pair in communication with the respective tubes of the manifold, a plurality of kegs incorporating cooling conduits and releasably connected to respective pairs of taps, a pump drawing cooling uid from the tank and delivering into the outer tube of the manifold thence through the kegs in parallel, the inner tube of the manifold and back to the tank in a continuous cycle of operation.

4. In a beer cooling and dispensing installation, a` bar having a cooling tank therein, beer faucets at the front of said tank, a manifold in communication with said tank, said manifold including an outer tube and an inner tube, a pump delivering cooling liquid from said tank to said outer tube of the manifold, said inner tube of the manifold delivering liquid back to the tank, the respective tubes of said manifold having taps exposed at the exterior of the manifold to afford V the sole external connection between said tubes, beer kegs incorporating cooling conduits connected to said taps for such external connection and beer feed lines from those of the respective kegs on tap, extending through the outer tube of the manifold and through the tank to the respective faucets.

5. In a brew cooling anddispensing installation, a cooling tank positioned underneath a bar, a vertical cooling chamber communicating with said tank, a horizontal manifold comprising cooling liquid delivery and return tubes, one of said tubes being connected to said vertical cooling chamber, a plurality of pairs of taps exposed at the exterior of the manifold, each pair in communication with the respective tubes of the manifold, a plurality of kegs incorporating cooling conduits and releasably connected to respective pairs of taps, a pump drawing cooling fluid from the tank and delivering into one of the tubes of the manifold thence through the kegs in parallel to the other tube of the manifold and means forming a passageway from the pump back to the tank in a continuous cycle of operation and beer conduits from the respective kcgs extending upward through the vertical coolingr chamber and through the cooling tank. 

